The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

railroad" meaning the management of
the road. This is supposed to indicate
a healthy reform sentiment.
THE only notable exception to the
political conventions of all parties that
have not this year called for some re-
striction of immigration was the demo-
cratic convention of the state of New
York. The democrats of New York
appreciate the foreign vote.
DoRMAN b. EATON appeals to Yer
mont republicans to declare their ina
bility to support Mr.. Blaine's candi-
dacy. This is decidedly cool, coming
from a man who is supporter of the
sham reformer, Cleveland. We think
Vermont republicans will not take
counsel of the mugwumps.
IT is not generally known that prohi-
bition dominates eight of North Caro-
lina's ninety-three counties. In Ran
dolph county not license for selling
liquor has been issued for seventeen
years. This is due to the action of the
county commissioners, who are said to
be sustained by public sentiment.
A SUCCESSFUL attempt to fire dyna-
mite shells from field-pieces was made
at Montpelier, Vt. The determination
seems to be to reduce war to a science
of humiliation. When that point is
reached no nation will begin hostilities
unless it shall be prepared TO take the
risk of being blown out of existence
Troy Times.
Hon. L. w. FIsKE, who has been
an active member of the prohibition
party in New York, has written letter
to local paper in which he announces
his return TO the republican party. He
has come to the conclusion that it is a
hazardous experiment to destroy the
republican party in order to build a
new one out of its ruins.
IT has been sort of tacit under
standing that the party in power should
hold its national convention and present
its candidates and platform to the
people first, in order that the opposi-
ton might have the benefit of knowl-
edge as to what they were to meet
Whether the democrats will adhere to
this custom is not known.
THE Springfield Republican published
an american Board ECtra, October
Sth, which contained sixteen pages of
matter devoted to the proceedings of
the seventy-eighth annual meeting of
the American Board of Commissioners
e., IL
ingly valuable paper for all persons in
terested in that meeting and for pres
ervatiOn.
THE New Hampshire senate has
passed the Hazen bill as it came from
the house by vote of sixteen to eight
The Hazen bill permits the lease to the
Boston q Maine road of the Boston e
Lowell and its New Hampshire system.
The New Hampshire house has in
definitely postponed the bill to repeal
the law establishing the town system
of schools.
If the American people wish to have
striking proof of the difference be-
tween natural ability and the result of
what college boys call examining"
they have only to compare the speeches
Mr.. Cleveland is now making in the
West with the series of addresses de-
livered by Mr.. Blaine in the same
neighborhood just three years ago.
Philadelphia Press.
THE action of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Unions of Bellows
Falls, Mortified and other places must
be taken as the feeling of most of the
members of the unions in the state I'M
til otherwise indicated. Most certainly
il was unfortunate to introduce parti-
san politics at the meeting of the state
union. Nor do we yet see any ex-
PLANTATION that makes it better.-Bel-
lo,oS Falls Times.
"AMoNG the sights in store for
President Cleveland" declares the
Memphis Avalonche, care four little
pigs which have been training to stand
in row and twist their tails into the
magic symbol 1885, If Dan. Lamont
don't believe il, let him come and see
for himself The old NANNY and
daddy pigs are now being taught to
twist their tails into the letters S. S. >
which stand for solid South"
DEMOCRATIC free-trade journals who
began their premature exultation over
the Nebraska republican platform
should have waited until they received
a copy of it. The telegraphic report
indicated that the convention declared
against a protective tariff. A resolu-
ton taking such ground was presented
but it was laid on the table by three
hundred nineteen to one hundred
y-eight-almost two-thirds vote.
IN recent trip over quite a section
of the country we have been par
ticularly impressed with the general
prosperity where the agricultural and
manufacturing industries are closely al
lied Prosperous manufacturers means
prosperous agriculturists. One con-
sumes what the other produces. Nc
trade is so favorable to all parties as
the local home demand from legitimate
consumers.-B CuItivator.
THE national farmers alliance, a
party of northwestern growth, Z" de.
mands " that the government run the
railroads and telegraphs and that il
issue larger supply of greenbacks
than the present amount and make